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Putin insisted that the drop in Russian GDP – some 3.7% in the last year – had been
caused
primarily by plummeting oil prices, offering only a brief mention of the Western sanctions imposed in response to his annexation of Crimea.
The overt government backing provided to Berlusconi’s Mediaset against Rupert Murdoch’s Sky
caused
a far greater stir internationally than it did in Italy.
For starters, fracking has
caused
gas prices to drop dramatically.
Because of broad European skepticism about fracking, there is no gas miracle in the EU, while the abundance of heavily subsidized renewables has
caused
over-achievement of the CO2 target.
But, as the 2008 global financial crisis starkly demonstrated, it can render markets dysfunctional, with ambiguity about different regulators’ responsibilities making it difficult, even impossible, to address the problems
caused
by failing firms.
Similarly, half of all women of childbearing age in developing countries suffer from weakened immune systems, owing to anemia
caused
by iron deficiency.
The long-term damage
caused
by malnutrition has a domino effect, impeding educational achievement, and ultimately, hobbling national economies.
Soon it emerged that not all its apparent supporters actually supported it; when Chancellor Schroeder's proposed reforms
caused
squeals within his own party, he quickly dropped much of the Third Way program like a hot potato.
His theory – which held that evolutionary changes at the molecular level are
caused
not by natural selection, but by random genetic drift – provided a good explanation for the genetic variation that researchers had discovered.
In addition to its exposure to liability for damage
caused
during the conflict in Ukraine, Russia faces legal penalties totaling roughly 4% of its GDP – roughly what it spends on education.
Against the background of a shaky global recovery, concerns have grown considerably over a possible hard landing for the Chinese economy,
caused
by monetary tightening aimed at controlling inflation.
Last year, Hurricane Sandy
caused
a wall of water to engulf low-lying coastal areas on the East Coast of the United States, particularly in New York and New Jersey.
With a surge height of 7-10 meters, and flooding at some locations extending 20 kilometers inland, Katrina
caused
catastrophic damage to the Gulf Coast, which has yet to be fully repaired.
Although this rise may seem small in the short run, especially when compared to the immediate increase
caused
by major storms, its long-term effects must not be ignored.
In 1911, Francis Peyton Rous found – through research, not “tinkering” – that supposedly spontaneous malignant tumors in chickens were actually
caused
and transmitted by a retrovirus.
Most economic data confirm that, after the trauma
caused
by the global financial crisis, the United States’ economy is healing, and doing so in an accelerated fashion.
There is widespread agreement among governments, development partners, and relief agencies that in a crisis like that
caused
by Ebola – or any other health emergency, for that matter – strong financial management is critical.
Thus, Swiss researchers
caused
excitement in 1986 by announcing the discovery of superconductivity in an oxide of copper at twice the temperature of the previous record holder.
The rise in the death toll is
caused
by terrorists responding rationally to the higher risks imposed by greater security measures.
It should be recognized that a disorderly default or exit from the eurozone, even by a small country like Greece, would precipitate a banking crisis comparable to the one that
caused
the Great Depression.
And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and
caused
the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.
High unemployment was
caused
only by deficient demand, and low unemployment only by abnormally high demand.
Lower demand for Greek debt
caused
its price to fall, meaning that its yield in terms of market interest rates rose.
But, though it does represent progress from 2012, when popular opposition in South Korea to the idea of military cooperation with Japan
caused
a similar agreement to collapse, the latest effort is inefficient, at best.
The Day After, now cited as the highest-rated film in TV history, left then-US President Ronald Reagan “greatly depressed” and
caused
him to rethink his nuclear strategy.
But, after 1985, a variety of changes
caused
saving to decline until it reached less than 2% in 2007.
The weak economy has
caused
people to postpone consumption of health-care services and has encouraged states and employers to restrain their spending on health.
They also suggest that payment reforms contributed to the slowdown in Medicare’s spending growth after 2001, and that early responses to new Medicare regulations in the Affordable Care Act may have
caused
a further decline after 2010.
First, the presence of dictatorships among the permanent members of the Security Council
caused
paralysis and made many of provisions of the Charter dead letters.
The implementation of austerity policies in the periphery has
caused
these countries to ask for help and request that Germany take the lead by putting more money on the European table.
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